Beechcraft 65 N3870C

Summary

On 30 June 1996 at about 16:40 local time, a Beechcraft 65 registered N3870C, operated by Advantage Aviation Inc, was involved in an accident near Campbellsville, Kentucky, United States. 4 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 June 1996 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Campbellsville, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Taylor County (AAS)

Coordinates

37.3401, -85.3392

Aircraft

Beechcraft 65

Registration

N3870C

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Advantage Aviation Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

IAD96LA102

3 people were seriously injured.

the pilot's inadequate preflight preparation, his failure to remove the control lock, and his failure to abort the takeoff.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to an FAA inspector, the airplane '...was unable to get airborne...' during the takeoff roll. He stated that after travelling the full length of the 4,997-foot runway, the airplane ran off the departure end of runway 5 and continued approximately 2,257 feet through an open field, a fence, a corn field and into a depression where it impacted terrain and came to rest. The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll he discovered that he had not removed the gust lock from the control column and that his attempts to remove it were unsuccessful. The pilot stated that the aircraft '...went off the end of the runway through a fence and impacted an earthen berm that collapsed the gear [and] bladestrikes that stopped the engines.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.